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Thermal drones can track dolphin health without having to touch or disturb them
Charlie White, Flinders University and Guido J. Parra, Flinders University Marine mammals are sentinels of the sea. When dolphins and…
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Roads can become more dangerous on hot days – especially for pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists
Milad Haghani, The University of Melbourne and Zahra Shahhoseini, Monash University During heatwaves, everyday life tends to feel more difficult…
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Older people are more vulnerable in heatwaves. Here’s why – and how to stay safe
Aaron Bach, Griffith University and Fergus O’Connor, Griffith University Southeast Australia is enduring a record-breaking heatwave, with temperatures rising above…
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My home is in a district facing extreme or catastrophic fire danger. What should I do?
My home is in a district facing extreme or catastrophic fire danger. What should I do? The Longwood fire on the…
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The western US is in a snow drought – here’s how a storm made it worse
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a snow…
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Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue
Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Hamilton College Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,”…
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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease
Jennifer Singh, Georgia Institute of Technology Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under…
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Irrfan Khan: Remembering the Versatile Gem of Indian Cinema
Irrfan Khan (7 January 1967 – 29 April 2020), was an Indian actor who worked in Indian cinema as well…
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Charles Addams: Mastermind Behind The Addams Family
Charles Samuel Addams (7 January 1912 – 29 September 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. The cartoons were signed by Chas…
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Reviving a Language: The Visionary Work of Eliezer Ben Yehuda
Eliezer Ben Yehuda (7 January 1858 – 16 December 1922), a Russian–Jewish linguist, grammarian, and journalist, was renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary. He…
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Alfred Kastler: Illuminating the Quantum World
Alfred Kastler (3 May 1902 – 7 January 1984) was a French physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
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Johann Philipp Reis: The Forgotten Genius Behind the Telephone
Johann Philipp Reis (7 January 1834 – 14 January 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor. In 1861, he constructed the first make-and-break telephone,…
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Jože Plečnik: Shaping Urban Spaces with Timeless Elegance
Jože Plečnik (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern…
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Revisiting Zora Neale Hurston: An Icon of African-American Literature
Zora Neale Hurston (7 January 1891 – 28 January 1960) was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. She portrayed racial struggles in the early-1900s American…
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Oskar Luts: Estonia’s Literary Luminary
Oskar Luts (7 January 1887– 23 March 1953) was an Estonian writer and playwright. He is well known for his semi-autobiographical tale, Kevade, which…
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